Refrigerator-lining.



H. G. LEONARD. REBIGEBATOE LINING. APPLIQmmnfr'ILED Agni 1K5, 1911..

' Patented Bec.`r 5, 191 L f Swwwboz .Hmm @Lam/m15 UNITED' STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY C. LEONARD, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, .ASSIGNOR T0 GRAND RAPIDS BEFRIGERATOB COMPANY, 0F GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, CORPORATION 0F MICHIGAN.

BEFRIGERATOELINING.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY C. LEONARD, a citizen of the United States of A merica, residing at GrandRapids, in the county of Kent and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Refrigerator-Linings; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, suchI as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in refrigerator linings and its object is to providea lining that will eiectually drain the water from within the refrigerator; that will prevent access of moisture to the wood work of the refrigerator and to rovide the device with various new and use ul features hereinafter-more fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a vertical section of a portion of a refrigerator showing my device therein; Fig. 2 adetail in plan view of a portion of the same.; and F ig. 3 an enlarged detail in vertical section of a ortion of Fig. 1.

Like numbers refer to li te parts in all of the figures.

1 represents the ice chamber and 2 the provision chamber below the same, of a refrigerator.

3 represents the side of the lining to the ice chamber and 1 the bottom of the lining to the ice` chamber. ing is an opening to permit the cold air t0 escape downward which opening is surrounded by ashort tubular member 5 around which the bottom lining is turned upward whereby the ,water from the ice is retained ony the bottom lining and conveyed to a drain pipe 11 extending downward therefrom.

The top of the provision chamber is spaced apart from tlie'bottom of the ice chamber and is provided with upturned margins 6 and is also upturned around the tubular member 5 as at 6* whereby the top of the Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led` April 15, 1911.

In the said bottom lin Patented Dec. 5, 1911. Serial No. 621,256.

provision chamber retains any water that may fall upon the same and conveys the same away by means of a drain tube 12 which also receives the lower end of the tube 11. A drain lpipe 13 surrounds the tube 12 at the upper end and extending downward to the bottom of the provision chamber is provided with a hood 16 which rests in a trap 15 in the upper part of the lower section 17 of the drain pi e. Thistrap 15 is outwardly turned at t e upper edge and spaced apart from the hood 16 to yermit discharge of any water from the oor of the provision chamber through the lower section 17` of the drain pipe.

The bottom' of the ice chamber issupported upon strips or slats 7 which engage grooves 8 in the wall of the refrigerator and are inclined rearwarditoward the drain pipe 11. To prevent water from getting into the groove 8 and thence to the wood work of the refrigerator, sheet metal strips 9 and 10 are inserted in the groove, these strips overlap opposite the ends of the strips 7. The upper edge of the strip 9 is inserted behind the lining 3, and the lower edge of the strip 10 projecting inward and downward to discharge water upon the top of the provision chamber. These strips 9 and 10 instead of overlapping may obviously be made in a single integral strip if preferred.

By this construction I am able to provide a lining that will elfectually carry away all of the water from the melting ice, or of condensation within the refrigerator, and effectually prevent access of moisture to the wood work of the same. f

What I claim is 1. A refrigerator, comprising a lining to the ice chamber, a top to the provision chamber having upturned margins, a case having a groove to receive the ends of slats to support the bottom lining ofthe ice chamber, and a sheet metal lining in the groove of the case having its lower margin detached andl projecting inward above the said top.

2. A refrigerator, comprising a lining for the ice chamber, a case having a groove therein to receive the ends of slats to supnamed edge, and drain tubes n the Said botport the bottom of the ice chamber, a sheet tom and top. 10 metal lining in Said groove having an up n testimony whereof I affix my signature per edge projecting upward behind said linin presence of two witnesses.

ing and a. lowex` edge projecting outward HARRY C. LENARD.

and downward from the lower sideV of *he Witnesses: a groove, a top to the .provision chamber hav- HAROLD O. VAN ANTWERP, lng a ralsed margln below the said last LUTHER VMOULTON. 

